Cecil John Rhodes, PC, DCL, (July 5 1853 - March 26 1902) was a British-born South African businessman, mining magnate, and politician. He was the founder of the diamond company De Beers, which today controls 60% of the world's diamonds and at one time controlled 90% of the world's diamonds. He was an ardent believer in colonialism and was the coloniser of the state of Rhodesia, which was named after him.

Sir Raphael (Roy) Welensky, KCMG, (January 20, 1907 – December 5, 1991) was a white African politician and the second and final prime minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) to parents of Jewish and Afrikaner ancestry, he moved to Northern Rhodesia, became involved with the trade unions, and entered the colonial legislative council in 1938.

Max Gluckman (26 January 1911 - 1975) was a South African-born British social anthropologist. He grew up in South Africa, working later under the British Administration in Northern Rhodesia (esp. on the Barotse law, in what is now the Western Province, Zambia). He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. He directed the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute (1941-1947), before becoming the first chair of anthropology at the University of Manchester (1949), …

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Stewart Gore-Browne, DSO, (May 3 1883 – August 4 1967), called Chipembele by Africans, was a soldier, pioneer white settler, builder, politician and supporter of independence in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).

Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula (1917? - 1983) was a Zambian nationalist leader who assisted in the struggle for the independence of Northern Rhodesia from British colonialism. He was born in the village of Maala in the Namwala district of Zambia's southern province. He was the youngest of three children and the only son.

Wilbur Addison Smith (born January 9, 1933 in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)) is a best-selling novelist. As a baby, he became sick with cerebral malaria for ten days. Doctors had presumed he might have brain damage if he survived at all, but he survived the malaria and grew up normally. He grew up with a mother whose interests included novels of escapade and excitement, which piqued his interest; his father dissuaded him from pursuing writing, …

Betty Clay CBE (1917-2004) born Betty Baden-Powell. Holder of the Bronze Wolf from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the Silver Fish from the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). She was active in Scouting and Guiding throughout her life. She married Gervas Clay in 1936 and lived in Northern Rhodesia until 1964 when both moved to England.

Alice Lenshina was born Alice Mulenga Mubisha (1920, Kasomo, Northern Rhodesia - 1978) in the Chinsali district of the northern province of Northern Rhodesia. Alice was the name she was given at baptism, while Mulenga was her traditional African name. The name "Lenshina" was a Bemba form of the Latin word "regina" (which means "queen"). Although Chinsali district was in a remote part of Northern Rhodesia, …

Godfrey Wilson was a British anthropologist who studied social change in Africa. Wilson first joined Hertford College with an open scholarship in 1927, and received a degree in literature and humanities in 1931. In 1932 he entered the London School of Economics and Political Science. Wilson studied anthropology under Bronisław Malinowski in a program for the International African Institute, doing co-ordinated research in various African territories.

William Richard (Rich) Stevens (February 5 1951 Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) - September 1 1999) was one of the most famous and widely acclaimed authors of UNIX and TCP/IP books.

John Desmond Clark (more commonly J. Desmond Clark, April 10, 1916 - February 14, 2002) was a British archaeologist noted particularly for his work on prehistoric Africa. Educated at Monkton Combe School near Bath, J. Desmond Clark graduated with a B.A. from Christ's College at the University of Cambridge and became the curator of Northern Rhodesia's Livingstone Memorial Museum in 1937.

Thayer Scudder (b. 1930, New Haven, CT), an American social anthropologist, is an Anthropology Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology. Educated at Harvard University (AB 1952, PhD 1960), he did a postdoctorate in African Studies, Anthropology and Ecology at the London School of Economics, followed by positions with the Rhodes-Livingston Institute for Social Research in Northern Rhodesia 1956-1957 and again in 1962-1963, …

Philippe-Henri Edmonds (born March 8, 1951, Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia) is a former English cricketer and a successful albeit controverisal corporate executive. He was educated at Gilbert Rennie High School, Lusaka, The Skinners' School, Cranbrook School and Cambridge University. He was a successful slow left arm spin bowler for Cambridge University, Middlesex and England (for whom he played in 51 Tests and 29 ODIs from 1975 to 1987).

Sir Robert Williams was a Scottish mining engineer, pioneering explorer of Africa, entrepreneur, and railroad developer who was chiefly responsible for the discovery of the vast copper deposits in Katanga Province (now incorporated in the Democratic Republic of Congo) and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Williams was closely associated, variously as an employee of, advisor to, …

Yunus Badat (born 1943, Northern Rhodesia) was an East African cricketer. He played two One day Internationals in the 1975 World Cup.

Sir Lawrence Aubrey Wallace was the administrator of Northern Rhodesia from 1911 until 1921.

Sir Charles Patrick John Coghlan (24 June 1863 - 28 August 1927) was the first Premier of Southern Rhodesia and held office from October 1,1923 until his death on August 28, 1927. Sir Charles was born in King William's Town in South Africa and came to Rhodesia in 1900 to practice in Bulawayo as a lawyer. He was elected to the Legislative Council in the 1908 election first for the Western Electoral District and sat as Member for Bulawayo for 19 years.

Evelyn Dennison Hone was the last governor in Northern Rhodesia from 1959-1964. Northern Rhodesia became independence in 1964 as Zambia. He died in September 1979.

Robert John "Mutt" Lange (born November 16, 1948) is an award-winning record producer and songwriter of popular music. He has produced albums for artists such as Def Leppard, AC/DC, The Cars, Bryan Adams, Romeo's Daughter and The Corrs. His current projects are producing and writing songs for his wife Shania Twain. A strict vegetarian and a follower of Sant Mat, he has not given an interview of any kind for decades, and prefers to live a secluded life, …

Alan Rusbridger (born 29 December 1953 in Northern Rhodesia) is the son of the late G H Rusbridger, the Director of Education of the country. He has been editor of "The Guardian" since 1995. Previously he was a reporter, columnist, features editor and the deputy editor of "The Guardian".

Charles Compton Reade (1880 - 1933) was a town planner who supported the garden city movement of the early twentieth century. Born in Invercargill, New Zealand in 1880, Reade became the major figure in disseminating Garden City ideas in Australia. Reade saw the evils of inner city slums while working as a journalist in England and began writing of the need for improved town planning, becoming active in the Garden Cities and Town Planning Association of Great Britain, …

Hanshi Steve Arneil (born in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa, on 29 August 1934) is the President and founder of the International Federation of Karate. At the age of 10, his family moved to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), and there he began training in Judo. At the age of seventeen he became a black belt in Judo, and also practiced both Kenpo and Karate. Around the age of 25, Arneil moved to Durban, South Africa, …

John Wilson Kyle (born 10 February, 1926 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former Irish rugby union footballer. His usual position was at fly-half, where he played for the Irish rugby team, gaining 46 caps in total from 1946 to 1958. In 1999 he was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. Kyle played in Ireland's first match after the Second World War and guided Ireland to a Five Nations grand slam in 1948.

François Coillard (born 17 July 1834 in Asnières-les-Bourges, Cher, France; died 27 May 1904 in Lealui, Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia) was a missionary who worked for the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society in southern Africa. Coillard was the youngest of the seven children of François Coillard and his wife Madeleine. Both parents were of Huguenot descent. In 1836, Coillard’s father died, leaving behind a nearly destitute widow.

Mike Harris (born May 25, 1939 in Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia) is a South African former racing driver. His single World Championship Formula One grand prix was the 1962 South African Grand Prix, where he retired his Cooper-Alfa Romeo with engine failure before half-distance.

Neal Victor Radford (born 7 June 1957) is a former English cricketer. Radford was born in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), and was educated in South Africa, making his first-class debut for Transvaal B in the 1978/79 President's Cup. However, opportunities in South Africa were limited owing to that country's isolation from world cricket, and so Radford moved to England and signed for Lancashire in 1980 as an overseas player.

Godfrey Martin Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern, CH, KCMG, PC, (July 6 1883 - May 8 1971) was a Rhodesian politician and physician. He was educated at Malvern College and St. Thomas's Hospital, London. After practicing medicine in London, Huggins emigrated to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in 1911. He entered politics in 1923 and was elected to the Legislative Council of the colony upon its creation.

Dr. John Thornburn Williamson (1907-1958) was a Canadian geologist famous for establishing the Williamson diamond mine in present-day Tanzania. Williamson was born in 1907 in Montfort, Quebec. He attended McGill University, where he initially intended to study law, but became interested in geology after accompanying a friend on a field expedition. He subsequently earned bachelor's, master's, and PhD degrees in geology, completing his studies in 1933.

Herbert Whitmore Isaac (11 December 1899 - 26 April 1962) was an English cricketer who played three first-class games for Worcestershire in 1919 with a highest score of 23, though none of these games were in the County Championship as Worcestershire did not re-enter this until the following season. Isaac was born in Hallow, Worcester, and died at the age of 63 in Chisekesi, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). His father Arthur had a more substantial career with Worcestershire, …

Robert Victor Jackson (born 24 September 1946) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Wantage from 1983 to 2005, having been elected as a Conservative; however, he joined the Labour Party in 2005. He was raised in Nkana, Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) and educated at Falcon College in then-Rhodesia and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he rose to the presidency of the Oxford Union. He was then elected to a fellowship of All Souls College, …

Norman George Featherstone (born Que, Que, Northern Rhodesia 20 August 1949) was a South African cricketer. Smokey Featherstone was educated at King Edward VII High School in Johannesburg and toured England with the South African Schools team in 1967. He made his debut for Transvaal B as a right-handed batsman and an off-break bowler in the 1967/1968 Currie Cup competition. He represented Middlesex between 1968 and 1979, being awarded his county cap in 1971.

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